ME. H. F. BLANFOED ON THE WINDS OF NOETHEEN INDIA. 
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climate of Bengal, the latter the drier and more continental climate of Upper India. 
Shillong, being situated on a plateau, is less favourable for the purpose, but may be 
adduced as an additional example of a Bengal station at a lower altitude (4792 feet), 
and can be compared with Goalpara on the north-west and Silchar (75 feet) on the 
south-east. Lastly, I shall give a comparison between Nynee Tal at 6400 feet and 
Roorkee, observing, however, that the situation of the former station, on the banks of a 
mountain lake in a hollow valley, is such as to impair its character as a representative 
station. These data are given in the following Table : — 
Table of comparative temperatures at four hill-stations and three stations on the plains, 
showing the variations of the temperature decrement with altitude in each month. 
Darjeeling, 
6941 ft. 
Goalpara, 
386 ft. 
Difference, 
G-D. 
•2 'll 
sU 
! Shillong, 
4792 ft. 
Goalpara, 
386 ft. 
Difference, 
G-S. 
Elevation 
= 1° Eahr. 
Silchar, 
75 feet. 
Difference, 
Sil.-Shil. 
Ji 
@ii 
Elevation 
mean of cols. 
| 8 and 11. 
a. 
ft. 
. ft. 
ft. 
January 
42-9 
64-3 
21*4 
301 
51-3 
64-3 
13 
339 
1 64 - 4 
13-1 
360 
350 
February 
44-5 
67-4 
22-9 
286 
54-2 
67-4 
13-2 
333 
68-2 
14 
337 
335 
March 
50'4 
73 
22*6 
290 
61-4 
73 
11-6 
380 
74*5 
13-1 
360 
370 
April 
56-1 
77*1 
21 
312 
64-5 
77*1 
12-6 
350 
1 78*2 
13-7 
344 
347 
Mav 
60-2 
78-2 
18 
363 
68-4 
78-2 
1D8 
373 
81-1 
12-7 
371 
372 
June 
63-3 
79-9 
16-6 
395 
69-4 
79*9 
10-5 
420 
81-9 
12-5 
377 
399 
July 
63-9 
81 
17-1 
383 
69-6 
81 
11-4 
386 
: 82-1 - 
12-5 
377 
382 
August 
64 
81-3 
17-3 
379 
69-2 
81-3 
12-1 
364 
I 81-6 
12-4 
380 
372 
September 
62-1 
80 
17-9 
3 66 
67-3 
80 
12-7 
347 
81-4 
14-1 
334 
341 
October 
58 
78-3 
20-3 
322 
63-5 
78-3 
14-8 
300 
79-8 
16*3 
289 
295 
November 
50-2 
71*1 
20-9 
313 
56 
7M 
15-1 
292 
72-1 
16-1 
292 
292 
December 
44 
64-8 
20-8 
315 
50-1 
64-8 
14-7 
300 
65 
14-9 
317 
309 
Year 
55 
74-7 
19-7 
335 
62-1 
74-7 
12-8 
349 
75*9 
13-8 
345 
347 
Eange 
2M 
17-0 
6-3 
109 
19*3 
17 
4*6 
128 
17-7 
3-9 
91 
107 
Chuckrata, 
6884 ft. 
Eoorkee, 
880 ft. 
j Difference, 
E.-C. 
Elevation 
= 1° Fahr. 
Nynee Tal, 
6400 ft. 
Eoorkee, 
880 ft. 
Difference, 
E.-N. 
Elevation 
= 1° Fahr. 
ft. 
„ 
„ 
ft. 
January 
42-6 
57*6 
15 
400. 
43-8 
57*6 
13-8 
400 
February 
44*5 
62-3 
17*8 
337 
43-3 
62-3 
19 
291 
March 
50-2 
69*6 
19-4 
309 
51 
69-6 
18-6 
297 
April 
59"5 
80-4 
20-9 
287 
60 
80-4 
20-4 
271 
May 
i 68-7 
88-6 
19-9 
302 
66 
88-6 
22-6 
244 
June 
69-5 
89 
19-5 
308 
69 
89 
20 
276 
July 
65-7 
84-5 
18-8 
319 
68-7 
84-5 
15'8 
349 
August 
65-1 
84-2 
19*1 
314 
68 
84-2 
16-2 
341 
September 
62-2 
83 
20*8 
288 
66-3 
83 
16-7 
330 
October 
59*2 
76 
26-8 
224 
58-7 
76 
17-3 
319 
November 
53-5 
63*7 
20-2 
297 
50 
63-7 
13-7 
403 
December 
44*2 
57-5 
13*3 
451 
45-7 
57*5 
11-8 
468 
Year 
57*1 
74-7 
19*3 
320 
57-5 
74-7 
17-2 
332 
Eange 
26-9 
31-5 
13-5 
227 
25-7 
31*5 
10-8 
224 
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